Kelsey Coulson

By 2018, Kelsey Coulson was already moving through service with control earned through repetition. At Perbacco, the Head Chef role put that control to work in a kitchen where timing, balance, and composure mattered as much as pace. The result was a career step that read less like a break and more like a continuation: each move tightened the standard, and each service reinforced the one before it. Since 2021, the work has sat under the title of Culinary Director at Osprey Seafood, where Kelsey Coulson carries that same steady command into a broader field of responsibility. The shift from Head Chef to Culinary Director reflects a progression built on trust and on the ability to hold both detail and consistency at once. It is a line of work defined by discipline at the pass and range in the larger operation. Today Culinary Director at Osprey Seafood, and it sets out the scope of the job plainly: oversight, coordination, and the level-headed management a kitchen needs to stay sharp. For Kelsey Coulson, the title signals a practice rooted in control and familiarity with service rhythms, with the name attached to work that depends on consistency, judgement, and keeping the whole operation moving without drag.